Hi, I have apt-listchanges installed and registered in apt system:
# apt-config dump | grep apt-listchanges DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -lt 10"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::InfoFD "20"; # "frontend" in /etc/apt/listchanges.conf is set to "mail" and valid e-mail address is set with "email_address" configuration option. Now when I upgrade a package which has NEWS/changelog present, then I get the "apt-listchanges: The mail frontend needs an installed 'sendmail', using pager" error message. This is because I don't have /usr/sbin/sendmail binary installed. I prefer to use mail/mailx and an external MTA. What could be the most elegant workaround in this situation? Create a /usr/sbin/sendmail wrapper script which processes the "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" command called by apt_listchanges.py and sends the mail using mailx? Modify the apt_listchanges.py? Something else? thanks, Martin
